Platform Architect

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Taguig, Philippines Sun Life Full time
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Job Description:
Platform Architect
Job Purpose
Overall responsible for defining the technical vision, architectural strategy and roadmap of the Distribution Management Platform, collaborating across architecture, development, support and business teams, to ensure robust, reusable, and scalable solutions, driving continuous modernization, leveraging deep expertise in both legacy and modern technologies.
Roles and Responsibilities

  • Conducts comprehensive analysis of existing legacy systems, identifying technical pain points and challenges, to inform strategic modernization efforts.
  • Evaluates existing and new technologies in the market for currency, modernization, integration, and optimization.
  • Leads the strategic technical planning, solution design and collaborates with the Platform Owner in establishing the platform roadmap, ensuring alignment with business objectives, evolving user needs and enterprise architecture strategy.
  • Clearly communicates the technical strategy and roadmap with the technology stakeholders, both at the regional and market levels
  • Designs and documents end-to-end architecture for a reusable, scalable, cloud-based platform, making critical decisions about technologies and frameworks of the platform.
  • Defines and supports the adoption of micro frontends, microservices, event-driven architectures, and modular platforms.
  • Develops architectural and design standards, guidelines, patterns, guardrails and best practices, and provides governance by ensuring implementation and adherence across development teams.
  • Guides cross-functional teams during design, development, deployment, and integration phases, ensuring quality technical outputs.
  • Develops and orchestrates strategic technical capability building, empowering the development teams with skills, tools and processes, to upskill and enhance technical excellence, productivity and innovation.
Education and Experience
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
  • 10+ years of experience in technical solutions design, with 5+ years in an architectural or leadership role.
  • Deep knowledge of enterprise architecture and integration patterns.
  • Expert in cloud architecture (AWS), including cost management, scalability, and high availability.
  • Strong understanding of both modern technologies (e.g., containers, micro frontends, microservices, serverless, APIs) and legacy systems (e.g., monoliths, relational databases, on-premise applications).
  • Solid experience with one or more programming languages (e.g., Java, ReactJS, Python). But at the same time, with working experience in legacy programming languages (e.g. Oracle Forms, Reports, PL/SQL).
  • Experienced in modernizing legacy platforms to modern and cloud-based architectures.
  • Strong understanding of data architecture, including defining data models for efficient processing
  • Strong communication and presentation skills, able to engage in discussions with all levels of senior management, both IT and Business.
  • Experienced in vendor management
  • Industry-specific platform experience (e.g. Insurance systems, Financial systems, Distribution systems).
  • Experience working in Agile teams with a strong understanding of agile ways of working.
  • Experience managing technical priorities within an evolving product backlog.
  • Proven experience in using Agile approach for development with frequent sprints for business benefits realization. But at the same time, with working experience using the traditional delivery approach.
  • Experience in the continuous improvement of software development workflows and pipelines.
Core Competencies Required
  • Problem-solving
  • Vision and Strategic Thinking
  • Communication
  • Presentation Skills
  • Leadership
  • Negotiation
  • Influencing
  • Adaptability
  • Agility
  • Decisiveness
  • Tolerance for Stress
  • Coaching and People Development
  • Work Standards/Quality Orientation
  • Positive Work Attitude
Job Category:
IT - Application Development
Posting End Date:
30/12/2025 Seniority level
  • Seniority level Not Applicable
Employment type
  • Employment type Full-time
Job function
  • Job function Engineering and Information Technology
  • Industries Financial Services and Insurance

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